Food Waste Diversion

• ​​​​Speak to the Principal at your school to get support for program

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• Notify the Food Services Director to communicate intent to start program (mdelaney@wellesleyma.gov)

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• Figure out the logistics such as; 

  • How will food be collected (volunteer goes table to table or donation station)?

  • Who is going to put collected foods in the fridge?

  • Who will transport food to the Food Pantry?

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• Contact the Director at Wellesley Food Pantry (manager@wellesleyfoodpantry.org) to let them know when you are starting food donation and to determine when you can start dropping off the donation from your school 

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• Purchase what is needed from the above list if necessary

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• Print out related documents (laminate if necessary)

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• Set the start date

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• Begin! Congrats! 

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Sample process (Sprague):

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• A teacher/student volunteer goes table to table with the cooler to collect unopened food from students

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• At the end of the last lunch group, the volunteer takes the cooler to the kitchen and lunch personnel transfers food from the cooler to the tray marked “Food Donation” in the refrigerator

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• Repeat 1 & 2 every day when there is lunch

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• On Monday between 2 and 3pm, a Green Team member or parent volunteer itemizes the food from the tray in fridge in the Food Donation Collection Inventory sheet, transfers the food to the transport cooler, and delivers the donation to the Wellesley Food Pantry 

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• The Green Team member or parent volunteer then brings the cooler back to the school kitchen, cleans and stores it​​